SELVANGIVELSE 201610% standardfradrag / 2 nd tax class

If you are a single person and you do not have documentation allowing you to deduct costs resulting from pendler status and your employer does not cover costs of travels, accommodation and sustenance you may apply for a 10% standardfradrag which is possible to deduct if year 2017 was your first or second year of work in Norway. Additionally if your spouse’s gross income didn’t exceed the amount of 46 640 NOK you may apply for 2 nd tax class. Below you will find all the necessary information related to documentation which us required to settle in this option.

List of documents:

Document Skattemelding 2017/Tax Return 2017 – This document arrives in late March or at the beginning of April. You haven’t received your tax return? Send only the PIN codes!

PIN codes for the Altinn/MinID systemYou don’t have PIN codes? Order them here

Certificate of income and advanced paid tax, which says how much we have earned in Norway in year 2017; Årsoppgave from NAV if a benefit was paid * excluding child benefit and care allowance.

Monthly salary payment confirmations, for each month of work in Norway in year 2017 or a summary “lønnslipp” which summarizes the whole year

IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR THE 2ND TAX CLASS (CONDITION: YOUR SPOUSE’S GROSS EARNINGS MUST BE LOWER THAN AN EQUIVALENT OF 46 640 NOK.) Provide us with:

Marriage certificate –(abridged copy not older than 2 years)

Certificate of your spouse’s gross earnings for the given tax year issued by your country’s Tax Office

Certificate of joint residency with your spouse/child/children- an up-to-date document which is issued in year 2018 by the Population Evidence Register, indicating the start date of common residency

ATTENTION: IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE SAME ADDRESS AS YOUR FAMILY, IT IS POSSIBLE TO WRITE DOWN A STATEMENT IN FRONT OF NOTARY JOINT COHABITATION AND RUNNING A COMMON HOUSEHOLD. THIS STATEMENT NEEDS TO BE TRANSLATED IN TO ENGLISH OR NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE. UNFORTUNATELY THE TAX OFFICE IS NOT OBLIGED TO ACCEPT THE DEDUCTION WE ARE APPLYING FOR.

IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN WHICH TILL THE END OF YEAR 2017 WERE UNDER AGE OF 12 YOU CAN DEDUCT COSTS OF NURSERY SCHOOL, BABY SITTER, KINDERGARTEN, SPORTS ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CO-ORGANIZED BY THE SCHOOL OR A SPORTS CLUB (EXCLUDING THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BEING HELD ON DAYS OFF FROM SCHOOL!). IN ORDER TO DO SO PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH:

Certificate of joint residency with your child/children- an up-to-date document which is issued in year 2018 by the Population Evidence Office, indicating the date of when the joint registration exists

Certificate issued by the nursery school /kindergarten/ institution organizing sports activities which states the amount of payment(s) made in 2017(containing parents and the child’s personal data, stamp of the institution, summary amount paid in 2017)

ATTENTION: This deduction cannot be combined with the deduction of 10% standardfradrag

THE NORWEGIAN TAX OFFICE HAS TIGHTENED AND ITENSIFIED VERIFICATION OF DOCUMENTATION WHICH IS ENCLOSED TO THE TAX RETURN. DUE TO THAT FACT COPIES OF ORIGINALLY ISSUED FOREIGN CERTIFICATES MUST TO BE ATTACHED TO THE TRANSLATIONS OF THOSE DOCUMENTS. WE ALSO REMIND YOU THAT ALL DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NOT ISSUED ON EU FORMS MUST BE TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH OR NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE.

If you will provide us with originals, an amount of 5 NOK will be added to your bill for each copy we make. The cost for returning the originals to the client will also be added.
We do NOT copy airline or ferry tickets.
In the event when some data is missing, we reserve ourselves the right to not prepare your tax return.